Data of kinetic equilibrium reconstruction and transport and stability analysis of NSTX and NSTX-U plasmas

Avdeeva, Galina; Thome, Kathreen; Berkery, John; Kaye, Stanley; McClenaghan, Joseph; Meneghini, Orso; Odstrcil, Tomas; Sabbagh, Steven; Smith, Sterling; Turnbull, Alan

doi:10.34770/s6re-1430

Title: Data of kinetic equilibrium reconstruction and transport and stability analysis of NSTX and NSTX-U plasmas

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Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
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Publication Date:: Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 UTC 2024

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-09CH11466; SC0021113

Research Org.:: Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Subject:: NSTX; NSTX-U; Spherical tokamaks

OSTI Identifier:: 2447773

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.34770/s6re-1430

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                    Avdeeva, Galina, Thome, Kathreen, Berkery, John, Kaye, Stanley, McClenaghan, Joseph, Meneghini, Orso, Odstrcil, Tomas, Sabbagh, Steven, Smith, Sterling, and Turnbull, Alan. Data of kinetic equilibrium reconstruction and transport and stability analysis of NSTX and NSTX-U plasmas.  United States: N. p., 2024. 
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                    Avdeeva, Galina, Thome, Kathreen, Berkery, John, Kaye, Stanley, McClenaghan, Joseph, Meneghini, Orso, Odstrcil, Tomas, Sabbagh, Steven, Smith, Sterling, & Turnbull, Alan. Data of kinetic equilibrium reconstruction and transport and stability analysis of NSTX and NSTX-U plasmas.  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.34770/s6re-1430

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                    Avdeeva, Galina, Thome, Kathreen, Berkery, John, Kaye, Stanley, McClenaghan, Joseph, Meneghini, Orso, Odstrcil, Tomas, Sabbagh, Steven, Smith, Sterling, and Turnbull, Alan. 2024.  
"Data of kinetic equilibrium reconstruction and transport and stability analysis of NSTX and NSTX-U plasmas".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.34770/s6re-1430.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/2447773. Pub date:Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 UTC 2024

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